Aspiration + Determination + Success
Less than two months ago, we told you about a group of our CCF cadets gaining their St John’s Ambulance’ Young Lifesavers Award (ACFA). They probably didn’t expect to be putting their training into practice quite so soon, but this is what happened to two of our cadets earlier this week. On Wednesday (2 May),… Read more
The Junior Maths Challenge is a national competition for children in Years 6 – 8, which aims to stimulate problem-solving, based on mathematical reasoning and logic. It is the most popular mathematics competition in the UK, with over 300,000 children taking part each year. We were delighted this year to enter 40 Year 8s and… Read more
Longhill High School staff and students are always keen to be involved in local community occasions and enjoy taking part in many sporting events with our local primary schools in the Deans School Sports Partnership. One such occasion was the Commonwealth Torch Run, which took place last week. Pupils from Woodingdean, Rudyard Kipling, Saltdean, St… Read more
175 Year 12 sixth form students from across the UK came together in Cambridge as one of five Teach First Futures Easter Schools this year. Futures is a programme which supports students who don’t have family members who have been to university, or live in areas where not many young people attend university. Over 700… Read more
On a beautiful spring afternoon, friends and family gathered at Longhill High School to share their thoughts and memories of much-loved student, Jordan Jamieson. It has been a whole year since Jordan, aged 15, passed away following a tragic accident at Brighton Marina last year. It has been a difficult and emotional journey for his… Read more
Year 10 student Freya Wilson is about to take on an amazing challenge! Here she tells us about it: “On the 23rd June I am flying up to Scotland to climb Ben Nevis with a group of 15 people; we are then heading down to the Lake District to climb Scafell Pike and then to… Read more
Once again Longhill High School showed what a generous community it is, when students, parents, carers and staff collected 264 Easter eggs for the Royal Alexandra Children’s Hospital Rockinghorse Appeal. We hoped that this generous gesture would benefit many local children, but were surprised to learn this week that one of those children was someone… Read more
At the beginning of the year, we told readers about a group of Year 9 students from Longhill High School who had been offered a fantastic opportunity to take part in the Premier League Enterprise scheme, which is delivered by Premier League football clubs in partnership with Sport Relief. The award-winning enterprise scheme aims to… Read more
It’s been a busy half term again and there is lots to tell you about. We have a bumper edition of the newsletter for you here, which gives you a flavour of the many and varied activities taking place at Longhill High. Please take a look inside – we hope you enjoy it!
Some of our most able students in Year 10 and 11 have been working with the brightest and best of Rodean’s girls to attend masterclasses, team building activities and enrichment sessions at Roedean School. Every Wednesday evening for six weeks, 20 of our girls completed a normal school day at Longhill, often also attending catch… Read more